Submission Question

[JDMEK5]

I asked this before, but got no answer.

Can you submit trios (Three pianos)? 

[Winter]

If you had a song that couldn't possibly be arranged in a playable way for 2 Pianos... I think you could. But I don't know any videogame music that complex.

[JDMEK5]

I have a few. I'll put them up with my other submissions.

[Shadoninja]

I suppose you could. they'd have to be roughly equal in difficulty and each part should get the melody at some point.

[JDMEK5]

Got it. Thanks!   

[WiiMan96]

We've kinda already established that two piano arrangements are useless, there aren't many places which can get two pianos in the same room. Three pianos... you can see what I'm getting at here.

If possible, try and make it a trio on the one piano - again, difficult to do without overlapping notes.

There's probably a reason why there aren't many trio piano arrangements. It's possible it'll be accepted, but it's unlikely people will use it as a trio. Best you submit a duet / two hands arrangement with it for playability purposes.

[Shadoninja]

then again with the power of technology each player could record and play their part without the need to be in the same room. but yes you should make a six hands(3 players 1 piano) or four hands (2 players 1 piano) versions as well.

[The Deku Trombonist]

then again with the power of technology each player could record and play their part without the need to be in the same room.

Olimar12345 did that with my arr. of Outset Island.

We've kinda already established that two piano arrangements are useless, there aren't many places which can get two pianos in the same room. Three pianos... you can see what I'm getting at here.

Pretty much every practice/performance room at the uni I go to has a piano (lol they blew their budget on 2 Steinway concert grands for the concert hall). Some have more. The piano studio has about 6. I'd assume the majority of universities with a music department would have a reasonable number of pianos. Even the high school I went to had about 7 or 8, some in the same room.

Having said that, 3 pianos is pushing it. You're hard pressed to find anyone who's going to play it, and there's a pretty big chance it's going to sound like a cluttered mess seeing as you're dealing with 3 of the same instrument & therefore 3 lots of the same timbre etc But I suppose it would need to be judged on a case by case basis.

[WiiMan96]

Fair enough, there.

[Cobraroll]

If you had a song that couldn't possibly be arranged in a playable way for 2 Pianos... I think you could. But I don't know any videogame music that complex.

SSBB's Gourmet Race. One piano for the melody (ten-finger chords, possibly), two for the bass ("gatling", playing alternate notes because you can't press those keys fast enough alone).

Wouldn't sound too good, though. Some songs are best unarranged.

[Olimar12345]

Olimar12345 did that with my arr. of Outset Island.

yeah, but it sucked cus the timing was all screwy...

u should make it for two people on one piano and one on the second piano. that way you'll atleast have ur 3 ppl and only 2 pianos.

[JDMEK5]

Yeah. I'll try. Thanks guys.